The Modern Military Commander

A guide to the series

Hugo Vogel Hindenburg and Ludendorff at the Map Table

Links will appear as the relevant posts appear in the pages of The Tactical Notebook.

The Technical Revolution: Napoleon and Modern Warfare

Georg Wetzell

Part I, Section A (Introduction)

Part I, Section B (Innovation)

Part I, Section C (Napoleon)

Part I, Section D (Leipzig and Königgrätz)

Moltke, Schlieffen, and the World War

Georg Wetzell

Part II, Section A (Moltke, Schlieffen, von der Goltz)

Part II, Section B (Face-to-Face)

Part II, Section C (Napoleon, Moltke, Joffre)

Part II, Section D (Two Little Hooks)

Part II, Section E (Armies of the Left Flank)

Part II, Section F (Armies of the Right Flank)

Part II, Section G (Partial Operations)

Part II, Section H (The French Response)

Actual War and the Military Commander of the Future

Georg Wetzell

Visits to the Front (III A)

De Minima Non Curat (III B)

Soldiers & Statesmen (III C)

Duumvirate (III D)

Notes About the Series

A Note about Translation

The Picture of the Modern Military Commander:

A Word of Defense and Explanation

Wolfgang Foerster

Foerster Replies (F 1)

Separate Armies (F 2)

Plans of Concentration (F 3)

Director of Battles (F 4)

The Invisible Commander (F 5)

A Stranger at the Front (F 6)

Foerster's Conclusion (F 7)

For Further Reading

The Essential Thing

The Word 'Truppenführung'

Related Decision Games

Trading Places

Parseval's Quest (Background)